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Appeals court: CEOs of General Motors, Fiat Chrysler dont have to meet to settle lawsuit
Read full article: Appeals court: CEOs of General Motors, Fiat Chrysler dont have to meet to settle lawsuitDETROIT General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler for an alleged bribery scheme involving the United Auto Workers (UAW). A federal judge hearing the case wanted the companys CEOs to sit down and hash out a deal. READ: General Motors appeals ruling in FCA lawsuit after judge tells CEOs to make a dealGM filed a racketeering lawsuit against FCA and its now deceased CEO Sergio Marchionne last November. On June 23, a district judge ordered that CEOs Mary Barra of GM and Michael Manley of FCA to meet in person, without legal counsel. They were ordered to personally report back to the district judge on July 1 on their progress on settling the case.
Flint prosecutor limits some cases linked to police stops
Read full article: Flint prosecutor limits some cases linked to police stopsDETROIT A Flint-area prosecutor said Tuesday that his office will no longer authorize criminal charges in cases that begin with a police officer stopping someone for simply walking in the street. It's more often used in urban areas where minorities live instead of suburban communities, said Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton. The new policy comes while officials across the U.S. talk about how minorities have been treated in the justice system. He said Flint has an ordinance barring people from walking in the street when there's a sidewalk, even though the sidewalk might be in bad shape or poorly lit. The majority of the stops don't result in anything other than detaining a private citizen.
Charge added against 80-year-old former Michigan priest
Read full article: Charge added against 80-year-old former Michigan priestCNNLANSING, Mich. - Prosecutors have added a sexual assault charge against a former Catholic priest, accusing him of abusing a 5-year-old boy after a family funeral in Genesee County in 1987. MORE: 5 priests charged with 21 criminal sexual conduct charges in sex abuse investigationVincent DeLorenzo, who worked at several Michigan churches, was charged in May with criminal sexual conduct in other alleged incidents. The attorney general's office said Tuesday that it filed an additional charge. Michael Manley, an attorney for the 80-year-old, says DeLorenzo "maintains his innocence." He wasn't charged at the time.